Folding stove



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W. H. ENFIELD. FOLDING STOVE No. 555,082. Patented Feb. 25, 1896;

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W. H. ENPIELD.

FOLDING STOVE. No. 555,082. Patent-ed Feb. 25, 1896.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

\YILLIAM H. ENFIELD, OF PIIILLIPSBURG, MONTANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TOA. L. BOYMAN, OF ASPEN, COLORADO.

FOLDING STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 555,082, dated February25, 1896.

Application filed August 23, 1894. Serial No. 521,124. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. ENFIELD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Phillipsburg, in the county of Granite and State of Montana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Stoves; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to portable foldin g stoves designedespecially for use in camping out, and among the objects in view is toprovide an extremely simple, light, durable, and efficient portablestove adapted to be readily set up on the ground for various cookingpurposes and to be folded into a very small and compact space when notin use; and with the above and other objects in view my inventionconsists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination ofparts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings, andpointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating my improvedstove set up for use. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof. Fig.3 is an under side view showing the device in its closed or foldedposition. Fig. i is a detail view of the detachable stovepipe. Fig. 5 isa detail view illustrating the manner of securing the stovepipe inposition. Fig. 6 is a detail plan view of the supporting-base for thestove.

My improved stove is preferablyconstructed of sheet-iron and comprises anumber of sections hinged together in such manner as to adapt the sameto be readily set up in position on or in the ground for cookingpurposes and to be folded compactly together when not in use, and mystove (indicated at A) coinprises the top section, B, to which is hingedthe side sections, O, and end sections, D D.

The top section, B, is provided with a number of holes E to permit ofcooking utensils being inserted and held therein to receive the heatfrom the fire, which in practice is built upon the ground beneath thetop section. Said top section is also provided with a smokehole G toallow of the smoke being carried off through the smoke-pipe, presentlydescribed.

The side sections, C, and end sections, D, are adapted to be let downinto a vertical position, as seen, and to rest firmly on or in theground, and when in such position make closefitting joints, so as toretain as much heat as possible within the stove. The end section, D, ispreferably provided with side pieces or sections H hinged to saidsection and being of triangular form, so that when the said end sectionis let down into the position seen in Figs. 1 and 2 said sections H bearupon the ground at their lower apices, whereby said end section, D, willbe firmly supported in the inclined position shown. Said end section andits side pieces are designed to serve as an oven for baking bread,broiling, &c., said section D being for this purpose provided with ahook I from which pans, &c., may be hung. If the said sections are notto serve as an oven the sections Il may be folded against the sect-ionD, so as to be out of the way.

I prefer to make the sections H of tin or of sheet-iron tinned upontheir inner sides, whereby to reflect the heat against the utensilsuspended from the section D.

I prefer to employ a smoke-pipe J, made in sections J suitably heldtogether, the lowermost section being provided with any suitable meanswhereby said pipe may be firmly yet detachably held in position on thestove. For instance, said lowermost section of stovepipe may be providedwith pins or lugs 1, arranged upon opposite sides, adapted to enternotches M in the top section, B, at the edge of the smoke-hole, a plateN, having a hole 0 aligning with hole G, being riveted or otherwisesecured upon the lower side of the section B and serving to support thelugs and thus keep the smoke-pipe from dropping down within thesmoke-hole.

To secure the smoke-pipe in position the lugs are passed within thenotches and then the pipe is turned partly around, whereby it will belocked in place, and to remove said pipe the same is turned until thelugs can pass out of the notches, when the pipe may be withdrawn.

If desired, I may employ a supporting-base P, within and upon which thestove, when set up for use, may be placed, said base P con sisting of arectangular piece bent at right angles, and which base may be folded orplaced over the stove when the latter is folded together, thus making avery compact arrangement.

My device, as will be seen, is extremely simple and inexpensive and canbe folded into an extremely small and compact space, whereby it isespecially adapted for use in army service.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

The herein-described folding stove, consist- I ing in the combinationwith the top section B, of the side sections 0 hinged to the top sectionB, the end sections D D, hinged tot-he top section B, and the triangularsections H hinged at their upper inclined edges to the side edges of thesection D, and adapted when unfolded to bear upon the ground at theirlower apices to support the section D in an inclined position, as setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

YVILLIAM H. ENFIELD. Vitnesses:

LoU. B. Home, H. \V. GRAY.

